Reviews
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‘Hidden Figures’ Shines a Long Overdue Spotlight
Three Black women changed American history but their story is just one of many waiting to be told.
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Silence is a Career-Defining Grapple With Faith and the Faithful
Subversive imperialist critique helps complicate Scorsese’s latest. Near the beginning of1927’s Metropolis, a woman holding secret congregation in ancient catacombs recounts the Biblical story of…
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Jackie and the Art of the Image
Natalie Portman stars as America’s most carefully crafted First Lady.(Fox Searchlight)I first learned about Jaqueline “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis as a child. I stumbled upon a biography…
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Netflix’s New Sci-Fi Series Travelers Transports Us to Simpler Times
Old-fashioned television for newfangled viewing habits. Stranger Things was all about the ’80s. Now, the latest sci-fi series put out by Netflix reminds me of the…
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Arsenal Review: Weak Drama and Weaker Action Neuter a Nutty Nicolas Cage
Arsenal Wastes a Perfectly Nutty Nicolas Cage on Weak Drama and Weaker Action And no, it’s not a sequel to 1993’s Deadfall. Every movie is a…
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‘The OA’ Offers Even Stranger Things
Netflix was made for creators Britt Marling and Zal Batmanglij.
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Assassin’s Creed Review: The Bold and The Befuddling
The Bold and The Befuddling Justin Kurzel’s Assassin’s Creed movie is visually stunning, even when it’s also stunningly stupid. This isn’t going to lead to…
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a Holiday Treat for Horror Fans
2016 ends on a thrilling note with this supernatural and spooky offering from Andrè Øvredal.
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Passengers is Sexist Nonsense
Morten Tyldum’s sci-fi romance is an outdated and offensive fairy tale in disguise. In The Imitation Game-director Morten Tyldum’s Passengers, two extremely good-looking movie stars…